Rugby News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumours
INTERVIEW – Is Major League Rugby, America’s professional league, the sport’s most exciting prospect? USA Eagle Will Hooley believes so. MLR 2022 is in full swing, and you can watch all matches free of charge on The Rugby Network. LWOS spoke with Hooley about MLR’s potential, the USA National Team, and life after rugby. An […] READ MORE
The Toronto Arrows second year as a Major League Rugby franchise will commence on February 8 on the road against the Austin Herd. They will play their first seven games on the road and seven of their last nine games at home. Their last four home games will be at Lamport Stadium. They will also […] READ MORE
The Toronto Arrows road games have been more than half of all Arrows games. This is particularly true in the 2020 and 2021 MLR seasons in Toronto. However, the Arrows showed an ability to win a lot on the road in 2020. Something that was seen in flashes of 2019. Remember, like the top five […] READ MORE
Paddy Ryan (pictured above) will join the second half of the 2021 MLR season. This will be his second stint with the San Diego Legion, with Ryan’s first stint in San Diego came in 2019, where he scored 15 points in 18 games. Paddy Ryan and his professional career It is official, Paddy Ryan is […] READ MORE
There is some good news for San Diego Legion fans. On April 12, the side returns to their San Diego hometown base, and resume their training at Carlsbad. The Legion will play the rest of their home games at San Diego, having only played one home game this year in a temporary base in Las […] READ MORE
Major League Rugby (MLR) will be in its third season next year. For the first two years of its existence, MLR’s format had all teams in a single table format. However there will now be two divisions, the Eastern Division and the Western Division. Major League Rugby’s YouTube account revealed their new format this year. […] READ MORE
Major League Rugby (MLR) is an extremely young league, with only two seasons under its belt. Already in just a few short years of competition, Major League Rugby clubs have begun to obtained acclaimed International stars like ex-All Black, the wing Rene Ranger, as well as former Australian centre Digby Ioane. Add in European stars […] READ MORE
On March 12, Major League Rugby (MLR) went to twitter and announced it would suspend the 2020 Major League Rugby season. It follows suit with other competitions across the globe. MLR was one of several North American sports leagues that made these decisions in relation to the Covid-19 virus outbreak. Reacting to national and state […] READ MORE
The Toronto Arrows’ 2021 MLR schedule has officially been revealed. Their first game will be against 2019 MLR finalists, the San Diego Legion on March 28. The Arrows will have 16-games with eight of them at home and the other eight on the road. It is important to keep in mind that the Arrows home […] READ MORE
The San Diego Legion will play out of Las Vegas for the 2021 MLR (Major League Rugby) season. This is because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Southern California. Las Vegas; new temporary home of San Diego Legion A message from the San Diego Legion… Thank you to all San Diego Legion fans […] READ MORE
Raheem Bashir started blogging on a Gmail site called Blogger and has covered sporting events in rugby union/league and soccer. Since then he has become the Last Word on Sports writer for rugby, soccer, and previously basketball. He is also a member of the North American Soccer Reporters and The Rugby Union Writers’ Club.
Raheem graduated from George Brown College with a Digital Media Marketing Post-Grad Certificate in 2019. From the same college, Raheem also did a post-grad certificate in Sport and Event Marketing in 2017. Lastly, he did an undergrad Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 2016.